Impilo Yami Ishintshe Kanjani Yangcono Lapho Ngiyeka Ukuphuza Inyanga

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• Izinto Eziyisi-7 Ezenzeke Lapho Ngiyeka Ukuphuza Inyanga
• Ukujima kwasekuseni akusazwakali njengoku #strugglecity.
• Kwakulula ukunamathela emikhubeni yami yokudla okunempilo.
• Isibindi sami saphinda sangithanda.
• Ubungane bami bazizwa buqinile.
• Ubuvila bami babudamba.
• Isikhumba sami besidinga #nofilter.
• Benginemali eningi kakhulu ku-akhawunti yami yokonga.
• Buyekeza kwe-

Lapho uNyaka Omusha uzungeza, khona lapho ngacabanga ngaqala ukuzwa ngawo wonke amasu okwehlisa isisindo namasu okuzincisha ukudla wonke umuntu ayezozama ngawo ukuze alahle amakhilogremu angafuneki. Bengingenazo izikhalazo zesisindo, kepha ngibone abangani abambalwa befaka izithombe zabo ze-Instagram zewayini nge #SoberJanuary, #DryJanuary, naku #GetMyFixNow. Ngangizwile ngabantu abasika uphuzo oludakayo inyanga yonke, kodwa ngangingakaze ngizame mina uqobo lwami — noma ngazizwa nginesifiso sokwenza lokho, ngoba ngangingaqiniseki ukuthi ukwenza kanjalo isikhathi esifushane kangaka kungaletha izinzuzo zesikhathi eside. Kulo nyaka bengicule ingoma ehlukile. Ngemva kwenkathi yeholide yokuzitika ehilela isabelo sami esifanelekile seqanda elinesipikili newayini elixutshwe ne-mulled, nginqume ukuzama le nqubo yokungabi natshwala futhi ngiyeke ukuphuza inyanga yonke. Futhi ake sithi nje ngangimangele kamnandi ngemiphumela.

Ukuqala empeleni kwakungekubi kangako. Wonke umuntu wangixwayisa ukuthi ukuyeka ukuphuza utshwala ngosuku olulandelayo ngemuva kokukhala kuNcibijane kuzozizwa sengathi kunesihogo (abazibizi ngezinja zenja ngalutho). Futhi uma kungenjalo, khona-ke ngiyobe sengilungele ingilazi yewayini ngemuva kosuku olude lomsebenzi. Ngeke ngiqambe amanga — nakanjani wenza ngifuna ukuzitika ngemuva kosuku olunengcindezi enkulu - kepha bengingafisi utshwala sengathi bekungewona umsebenzi womuntu. Eqinisweni, ukwenza uDry January kungiphoqelele ukuthi ngiyeke futhi empeleni ngithathe isinqumo sokuthi ngiyasifuna yini isiphuzo lapho ngivame ukusiphuza ngaphandle kokucabanga okwesibili. Ngabe ngangizizwa ngicindezeleke ngokweqile? Ingabe ukugijima kungaxazulula le nkinga ngokufanayo? Ngokuvamile kunalokho, ukusika utshwala kwakungeyona inkinga enkulu. Futhi ngampintsha ngokuzivocavoca okwengeziwe, obekuyibhonasi emnandi.

Kwaba ukuphela kwenyanga okwangilinga. Ungacabanga ukuthi ngemuva kokubethela into engaphuzwa amasonto amathathu kungenza eyokugcina ibe nomoya. Kepha ukwazi ukuthi ngangiseduze kakhulu nentambo ekugcineni kwenza umqondo wengilazi yokugubha ye-champagne waba mnandi kakhulu. Ngaqala ukucabanga ngamahora enjabulo engingawangeza ekhalendeni lami, nokuthi ngizoba yini phansi ngemva kweziphuzo ezimbili. Yebo, ukuba nabantu abaningi kungitshela ukuthi "ngisondelene ngokwanele" lapho bebona ukuntengantenga kwesinqumo sami akuzange kusize. Nokho, ngahlala ngiqinile njengoba ngangizibekele umgomo futhi ngidinga ukuwufinyelela kuze kube sekugcineni. Ngakho-ke nakhu okwenzekile phakathi noJanuwari Owomile, okuhlanganisa nezinye izinzuzo ezengeziwe ezingalindelekile. (P.S. nansi indlela ukuyeka utshwala kungathuthukisa impilo yakho.)

Izinto Eziyisi-7 Ezenzeke Lapho Ngiyeka Ukuphuza Inyanga

Ukujima kwasekuseni akusazwakali njengoku #strugglecity.

Izikhathi zokujuluka ekuseni azikaze zibe lula kimi—ngidinga ukuthi ngilungise yonke into futhi ngilungise ngobusuku bangaphambilini ukuze ngikwazi ukuphuma embhedeni ngingene egiyeni lami ngaphambi kokuba ingqondo yami ibone ukuthi kwenzakalani. Kepha ngokujabulisayo baba buhlungu kakhulu lapho ngishiya ukuphuza inyanga. Impela, lokhu kungaba ukukhahlela okusele okuvela ekugqugquzeleni kwesinqumo sikaNcibijane, kodwa kungenzeka kakhulu ngoba ngilale kangcono. Njenge, indlela engcono. Angigcinanga nje ngokuzithola sengikulungele ukulala phambilini, kepha angizange ngivuke phakathi kobusuku noma ngizizwe ngigubhazela lapho kukhala i-alamu yami. Isayensi ithi lokho kungenxa yokuthi bengingandisi amaphethini e-alpha wave engqondweni yami—into eyenzekayo uma uphapheme kodwa uphumule...noma uphuza ngaphambi kokulala. Isizathu esibi: Kuholela ekulaleni okulula futhi kumoshe kabi ngekhwalithi yama-zzz. Okuphinde kungenze ngifune ukuphonsa ifoni yami egumbini lapho i-alamu ikhala okwesibili (noma vele ngishaye ukusnuza kakhulu, uma ngizizwa nginodlame oluncane ngalolo suku ekuseni).

Kwakulula ukunamathela emikhubeni yami yokudla okunempilo.

Nakuba ngingehlisi isisindo (okulungile, njengoba lokho kungeyona enye yezinhloso zami zokufaneleka), ngiqaphele ngemva kwesonto noma ngaphezulu ukuthi ngangingalambi kangako ebusuku. Ngikwazile ukusho ukuthi ngiyafuna ngempela ukudla, ngidinga amanzi, noma ngivele ngizizwe nginesithukuthezi (into ebengiyixazulula phambilini ngokuba nengilazi ye-vino esandleni esisodwa nokulungisa kwami ​​okukude IBachelor kwenye). Abaphenyi bathole ukuthi kungani: Olunye ucwaningo luthole ukuthi abesifazane badla cishe ama-calories angu-300 ngosuku lapho bethatha isinqumo sokuzitika ngotshwala "obulinganiselwe", kanti omunye uthole ukuthi lapho abesifazane benesiphuzo esilingana nezimbili, badle amaphesenti angama-30 ukudla okwengeziwe. Ngisho nokudakwa okuncane (ngakho-ke, ukuzwa ukubhuza okuncane ngemuva kwaleyo ngilazi yesibili) kwandise ukusebenza kobuchopho kwi-hypothalamus, okwenza abesifazane bazwele kakhulu ephunga lokudla futhi babe nethuba lokuncipha. Ngamanye amazwi, ukukhetha ukuthokomala ngenkomishi yetiye le-decaf kwakungcono okhalweni lwami, njengoba kwakulula ukwenqaba lapho umyeni wami enza indishi yamaphophukhoni engingayenzanga. ngempela funa. (Okuhlobene: Imikhuba Yokudla Okunempilo Engu-5 Okunganciphisi Ukuzijabulisa Konke Ukudla)

Isibindi sami saphinda sangithanda.

Ngiyazi, ngiyazi, lena ibonakala isobala impela. Kepha njengoba umsebenzi wami ungenza ngifunde izifundo zakamuva usuku nosuku, bekumnandi ukuthola umbiko omusha okhombisa ukuthi labo abahlukana notshwala, noma isikhathi esifushane, babona izinzuzo zempilo ngokushesha. Ngokusobala okubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi isibindi sakho sibuyela ngokushesha kangakanani. Abasebenzi kumagazini waseBrithani Usosayensi omusha bazenzele izingulube zeginea amasonto amahlanu, kanti uchwepheshe wesibindi e-Institute for Liver and Digestive Health e-University College London uthole ukuthi amafutha wesibindi, eyandulela ukulimala kwesibindi kanye nenkomba yokukhuluphala, yehle okungenani ngamaphesenti ayi-15 (futhi cishe 20 kwabathile) kulabo abayeka utshwala. Izinga labo le-glucose egazini (elinganquma ubungozi besifo sikashukela) nalo lehle ngamaphesenti ayi-16. Ngakho nakuba bengazange balahle amaphayinti abo isikhathi eside, imizimba yabo yazuza kakhulu—okusho ukuthi nami cishe yazuza lapho ngiyeka ukuphuza inyanga yonke.

Ubungane bami bazizwa buqinile.

Into eyodwa engayibona ngokushesha: Cishe amaphesenti angu-100 empilo yami yokuxhumana nabantu ayegxile ekudleni naseziphuzweni. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwakuwukugubha inyanga eyimpumelelo yomsebenzi ngehora lenjabulo, ukwamukela ukuthela kakhulu ekilabhini yezincwadi, noma ukuphumula ngobhiya abambalwa ngesikhathi ubuka ibhola, cishe kwakuhlale kunesiphuzo esihilelekile. Inyanga yami yokuzola yenza izinto zaba nzima kakhulu ngoba izinketho ezizenzakalelayo zazingasatholakali. Ngokwengxenye enkulu, noma kunjalo, abangane bami bebepholile ngokuphelele ngokuza namanye amacebo, noma bamane bangivumela ukuba ngihlale nengilazi yami yamanzi noma i-club soda ngaphandle kokungenza ngizizwe ngingakhululekile. (Lawa ma-mocktails azokwenza uzizwe sengathi uyingxenye yephathi ngenkathi usangulukile.)

Futhi ngiyavuma, lokhu bekungokunye kokukhathazeka okukhulu enganginakho ngaphambi kokuba ngiyeke ukuphuza inyanga. Ngabe abantu bangayithola yonke le nto icasula? Ngabe bazoyeka okwesikhashana ukungimema ukuba ngihlanganyele? Ngakho kwangisiza ukuba ngabona into eyodwa: Ngibathanda ngempela abangane bami, futhi sasingabudingi utshwala njengendlela yokuzijabulisa ukuze sijabulele ukuba ndawonye. Futhi lokho kuya ngokuya kuba yinto ejwayelekile: Ucwaningo lwakamuva lubuze abaphuzayo abangu-5 000 abaphakathi kweminyaka engama-21 nengama-35 ngemikhuba yabo futhi bathola ukuthi cishe isigamu sabo sizogwema izinkulumo ezihlekisayo futhi sihloniphe ukukhetha komngani ukungaphuzi.

Ubuvila bami babudamba.

Ngokuyisisekelo, isifo esithi "Ngizokwenza lokho kusasa" engangihlala ngiphathwa yiso njalo sanyamalala. Ngenkathi ngisasebenza embhedeni lapho ubuchopho bami budinga ukuphumula, kaningi kunalokho ngangizithola ngikhuthazekile ukwenza umsebenzi wenziwe. Umyeni wami waze wabona, njengoba ngolunye uLwesihlanu kusihlwa nganginamandla anele okuhlanza indlu yethu nokuvula izingubo eziningi esikhundleni sokuwa embhedeni ngemva komsebenzi. Futhi ngoba besingaphuzi ukudla kwakusihlwa neziphuzo, siqhubeke nosuku lokuzijabulisa ebesingalokothi senze isikhathi sokwenza phambilini. (Okulandelayo ohlwini lwethu lobusuku bosuku: Le misebenzi edonsa inhliziyo.)

Isikhumba sami besidinga #nofilter.

Lapho ngiyeka ukuphuza isikhathi esingangenyanga, lokhu kwakuyinzuzo engangingene shí kuyo. Bengilokhu ngilwa nezinduna futhi, noma ngabe ngikwazile ukuphatha kahle eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ama-flare-ups asazovela kaningi kunalokho engingathanda (funda: ungalokothi-ngingathanda ukuthi zenzeke neze). Kepha ngemuva kwesonto nje kungekho butshwala, kube nomehluko obonakalayo. Isikhumba sami besibushelelezi futhi somile kancane, futhi iphimbo lami belilikhulu kakhulu yize ngaphambili belibomvu okukhanyayo. UJoshua Zeichner, M.D., udokotela wesikhumba eNew York City nomsizi kaprofesa wezifo zesikhumba eMount Sinai Medical Center eManhattan, uthi utshwala bungawehlisa ngempela amazinga e-antioxidant esikhumbeni sakho, kwandise amathuba okulimala kokukhanya kwe-UV, ukuvuvukala, ngisho nokuguga ngaphambi kwesikhathi. Lapho sengiyekile ukuphuza (futhi ngaqala ukudla ukudla okune-antioxidant-rich, njengama-blueberries nama-artichokes), amazinga ami kungenzeka ukuthi abuyela emuva. "Ama-antioxidants afana nezicisha mlilo ezikhipha ukuvuvukala kwesikhumba," kusho uZeichner. "Ngenkathi kudingeka olunye ucwaningo ukuze kuqinisekiswe, lo mbono ugcina amazinga aphezulu e-antioxidant angasiza ukuvimbela ukuvuvukala ezungeze izintambo zakho eziholela kwizinduna." Ngamanye amazwi, Sawubona isikhumba esisha esihle. (Futhi yebo, ama-hangovers esikhumba ayinto.)

Benginemali eningi kakhulu ku-akhawunti yami yokonga.

Ukuphuza kuyabiza — futhi kukunyonyobela. Noma ngabe kungubhiya endaweni yokucima ukoma noma ibhodlela lewayini okufanele uye nalo ekhaya, akubonakali kuningi. Kodwa njengoba iholo ngalinye lingena ngaleyo nyanga, ngabona ukuthi ngase ngisele nemali eningi ku-akhawunti yami yokuhlola kunaleyo engangivame ukuyenza ngemva kokukhokha izikweletu. Umyeni wami, ekubeni engumfana ongisekelayo, ubengaphuzi kaningi ngendlela ajwayele ukwenza ngayo, futhi imali esiyongele imali ihlanganiswe impela. Ngesikhathi sokuphela kwenyanga sizungezile, sase sakha iqanda lesidleke esikhulu ngokwanele ukuba sibhidlike ekubalekeni ngempelasonto.

Manje njengoba sengiyekile ukuphuza ngokuphumelelayo inyanga yonke, ngizizwa kanjani? Kuhle. Kuhle impela. Inyanga ngaphandle kotshwala yangisiza ngashaya inkinobho yokusetha kabusha ngokomzimba, ngokwengqondo, nangokwenhlalo. Nakuba ngingeke ngiqhubeke kuze kube nguFebhuwari opholile, ngihlela ukuthatha ezinye zezifundo nami, njengokungena ngaphambi kokunquma ukuthi ngiyasifuna ngempela yini isiphuzo nokuhlela uhambo olujabulisayo olungahlangene notshwala.

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